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Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation is a survey of the history of Western visual arts, with a primary focus on painting. Students begin with an
introduction to the basic principles of painting and learn how to critique and compare works of art. Students then explore
prehistoric and early Greek and Roman art before they move on to the Middle Ages. Emphasis is placed on the Renaissance
and the principles and masters that emerged in Italy and northern Europe. Students continue their art tour with the United
States during the 20th century, a time of great innovation as abstract art took center stage. While Western art is the
course's primary focus, students will finish the course by studying artistic traditions from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the
Americas.

Coverage of each artistic movement highlights historical context and introduces students to key artists that represent a
variety of geographic locations. Throughout the course, students apply what they have learned about art critique to analyze
and evaluate both individual artists and individual works of art.

This course is built to state standards and informed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations standards. It
encompasses a variety of skills to enable students to critique, compare, and perhaps influence their own works of art.

Length: One semester

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING

LESSON 1: BROAD ST ROKES: PRINCIPLES OF PAINT ING
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
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Study: Getting Pers pective

Students learn the concepts of linear and aerial perspectives in painting.
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Study: Depth Perception

Students learn the history and importance of depth techniques to create realistic paintings.
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Quiz : Broad Strokes : Principles of Painting

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 2: INFLUENCES REAL AND IMAGINARY

Study: What Is Realis m?
Students explore the definition of realism and are introduced to the concepts of nonrealistic art.
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Study: T he Artis t's Environment

Students study the influence of culture and current events on art and artists.
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Quiz : Inf luences Real and Imaginary

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
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Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

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 LESSON 3: HOW T O CRIT IQUE
Study: Art Critics
Students study the various aspects of art critiquing.
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Study: How to Be a Critic

Students are taught how to critique art on their own.
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Quiz : How to Critique

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
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Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 4 : INT RODUCT ION T O PAINT ING WRAP-UP

Review: Introduction to Painting Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 0 po ints

T es t (CS): Introduction to Painting

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): Introduction to Painting

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 2: PREHISTORIC TO LATE MIDDLE AGES

LESSON 1: A LONG, LONG T IME AGO
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 10 po ints

Study: Prehis toric, Ancient Egyptian, and Minoan Art

Students get a survey of art from prehistoric times through the 3,000 years of art done by ancient Egyptians and their
Minoan contemporaries.
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Study: T he Greeks and the Romans

Students explore characteristics of painting and sculpting established by Greeks and used by Romans for 400 years.
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Quiz : A Long, Long T ime Ago

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 2: MEDIEVAL T IMES

Study: Early Medieval Painting
Students learn about the dominance of Christianity in art as the Greco-Roman style is phased out around in 4th-century
Europe.
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Study: Giotto and Late Medieval Italy

Students will learn about the renewed influence of the Byzantine or "Greek" style on medieval Italy and focus on Giotto's
particular genius.

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Quiz : Medieval T imes

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

LESSON 3: PAINT ING IN T HE 15T H CENT URY

Study: International Gothic Style
Students study the International Style and its influences at the start of the 15th century, especially in northern Europe.
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Study: T he Van Eycks and Rogier van der Weyden

Students focus on the Van Eyck brothers' mastery of oil painting and on the lasting influence of van der Weyden's
attention to emotion in painting.
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Quiz : Painting in the 15th Century

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
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Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 4 : PREHIST ORIC T O LAT E MIDDLE AGES WRAP-UP

Review: Prehis toric to Late Middle Ages Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 0 po ints

T es t (CS): Prehis toric to Late Middle Ages

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): Prehis toric to Late Middle Ages

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 3: THE RENAISSANCE

LESSON 1: EARLY AND HIGH RENAISSANCE
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
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Study: Birth of Pers pective

Students explore the transition from medieval to Renaissance art through Masaccio's use of mathematical perspective.
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Study: Italy: Center of the Renais s ance

Students learn about the Early Renaissance in Florence and the High Renaissance in Venice.
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Quiz : Early and High Renais s ance

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
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 LESSON 2: HIGH RENAISSANCE MAST ERS
Study: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
Students focus on the three most recognized masters of the High Renaissance.
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Quiz : High Renais s ance Mas ters

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

LESSON 3: NORT HERN RENAISSANCE

Study: Northern Renais s ance Symbolis m
Students shift focus to the effect of the Renaissance on northern Europe, which included a strong religious influence on
artistic symbolism.
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Study: Northern Renais s ance Mas ters

Students study three important artists of the northern Renaissance: Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and
Hieronymus Bosch.
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Study: Portraits , Lands capes , and Still Lif es

Students explore the influence of wealth and religion on 16th-century art in northern Europe.
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Quiz : Northern Renais s ance

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 4 : T HE RENAISSANCE WRAP-UP

Review: T he Renais s ance Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
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T es t (CS): T he Renais s ance

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): T he Renais s ance

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 4: BAROQUE AND ROCOCO

LESSON 1: T HE EARLY BAROQUE PERIOD
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
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Study: Italian Manneris m

Students study the break from traditional painting principles, which resulted in the highly stylized techniques of Italian
Mannerism.

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Study: Baroque in the 17th Century

Students explore the defining characteristics of early 17th-century art with a focus on the life and art of Peter Paul
Rubens.
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Quiz : T he Early Baroque Period

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 2: T HE LAT E BAROQUE PERIOD

Study: Pous s in and the Return to the Renais s ance
Students learn about the return to Greek and Roman tastes and Renaissance style under the direction of French
painter Nicolas Poussin.
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Study: Holland T urns to Art

Students study the influence of prosperity on art in 17th-century Holland with a focus on Dutch painters Jan Vermeer,
Rembrandt van Rijn, and others.
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Quiz : T he Late Baroque Period

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

LESSON 3: ART IN 18T H-CENT URY EUROPE

Study: Academia and the Birth of Rococo
Students study the emergence of art academies in the late 17th century and the creation of the gaudy style known as
Rococo in the early 18th century.
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Study: Morality and the "Great Style" of England

Students learn about the counterculture to Rococo, which focused on the simplicity and morality of life and spurred
England's entrance to the world stage of art.
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Quiz : Art in 18th-Century Europe

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 4 : BAROQUE AND ROCOCO WRAP-UP

Review: Baroque and Rococo Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 0 po ints

T es t (CS): Baroque and Rococo

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): Baroque and Rococo

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 Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 5: MODERNITY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

LESSON 1: 19T H-CENT URY ART IN FIVE MOVEMENT S
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 10 po ints

Study: Neoclas s icis m and Romanticis m

Students look at how the political climate of the 18th century directed art in two opposite directions, with one school
focusing on reason and virtue and the other focusing on beauty and emotion.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 0 po ints

Study: From Realis t to Impres s ionis t

Students study Realism in terms of its focus on the depiction of everyday life and its offshoot known as Impressionism.
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Study: T he Artis ts of Pos t-Impres s ionis m

Students examine various artists from the Post-Impressionist art movement, including Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat,
Paul Gauguin, and Vincent van Gogh.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 45 mins S co ring: 0 po ints

Quiz : 19th-Century Art in Five Movements

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 2: A NEW WAY OF SEEING: 20T H-CENT URY ART

Study: Abs tract Art
Students examine the movement from Post-Impressionist to Abstract art with a focus on Expressionism, Cubism, and
Futurism.
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Study: Dada and Surrealis m

Students learn about the "total freedom" of Dada and the subsequent Surrealist movement that focused on free
expression of the unconscious mind.
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Quiz : A New Way of Seeing: 20th-Century Art

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

LESSON 3: T HE BUSINESS OF ART

Study: Mus eums and the Art Market
Students learn about museums, the complexities of conserving and maintaining works of art, and the business of
buying and selling art.
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Quiz : Mus eums and the Art Market

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.

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LESSON 4 : MODERNIT Y IN T HE 19T H AND 20T H CENT URIES WRAP-UP

Review: Modernity in the 19th and 20th Centuries Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 0 po ints

T es t (CS): Modernity in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): Modernity in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 6: BEYOND WESTERN INFLUENCE

LESSON 1: ART CULT URES OF ASIA
Dis cus s : Ques tion Everything
Students engage in a classwide discussion about a relevant topic.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 10 po ints

Study: India and the Is lamic World

Students study the art history of the Islamic nations, India, and Tibet.
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Study: China and Japan

Students study the art history of China and Japan.
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Quiz : Art Cultures of As ia

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

LESSON 2: ART CULT URES OF T HE AMERICAS

Study: Native American Art
Students study the history of Native American art in the United States.
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Study: Latin American Art

Students take a tour of the various art cultures from Mexico to Central and South America.
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Quiz : Art Cultures of the Americas

Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 20 mins S co ring: 20 po ints

Journal: T he Way I See It

Students respond to open-ended questions about art and their own final art project.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 15 po ints

LESSON 3: ART CULT URES OF AFRICA AND OCEANIA

Study: Af rica
Students study a variety of African art traditions both past and present.
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Study: Oceania
Students explore the Oceania region's contribution to art with a focus on tribal traditions.
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 Quiz : Art Cultures of Af rica and Oceania
Students take a quiz to assess what they have learned.
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Practice: Be the Critic

Students critique one or more works of art based on what they have learned.
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LESSON 4 : FINAL PROJECT : CREAT E A WORK OF ART

Practice: Art Is What You Make It
Students will finish and submit evidence of a final art project that is the culmination of the preparation work required in
each journal assignment.
Duratio n: 3 hrs S co ring: 100 po ints

LESSON 5: BEYOND WEST ERN INFLUENCE WRAP-UP

Review: Beyond Wes tern Inf luence Review
Students review what they have learned in the unit.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 0 po ints

T es t (CS): Beyond Wes tern Inf luence

Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 0 hrs 30 mins S co ring: 30 po ints

T es t (T S): Beyond Wes tern Inf luence

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 30 po ints

UNIT 7: REVIEW AND EXAM

LESSON 1: REVIEW AND EXAM
Review: Review
Students review what they have learned over the course of the semester.
Duratio n: 3 hrs S co ring: 0 po ints

Exam: Exam
Students take a computer-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr S co ring: 6 0 po ints

Final Exam: Final Exam

Students take a teacher-scored test to assess what they have learned.
Duratio n: 1 hr 30 mins S co ring: 100 po ints

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